Winter air too toxic to breathe: Study
Calcutta: Calcutta's air is unbreathable in the current season, figures thrown up by the measuring stations of the state pollution control board reveal. Metro has accessed the pollution data generated
Jayanta Basu
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Vision Howrah to battle climate change
Aila devastation in Howrah. Pictures by Gopal Senapati Garbage dumped on the Howrah bank of the Hooghly A chimney of an industrial unit belches out polluting fumes A rare political unanimity has enabled Howrah to come up with a long-term plan to combat climate change, apparently a first in the country.
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City air: from foul to critical- revised norms highlight violation
Calcutta began the week as a polluted city but will end it as a critically polluted city. The new standards for air quality announced by the environment ministry on Wednesday have pushed Calcutta firmly into the hall of shame, with the toxic count of at least two major pollutants being 1.5 times higher than the permissible limit.
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Green bond and rivalry with Pak Climate unity takes shape
New Delhi, Aug. 31: When India battles the developed world at the Copenhagen Climate Conference in December, it will have a new ally by its side: Pakistan.
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Smouldering row
Plan to evacuate Jharia residents: more to it than underground fires?
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When homemakers unite
Housewives in Kolkata move the court against the irresponsible and negligent functioning of factories in their area
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At a tangent
In the melee over moving Kolkata s tanneries to a new site, the initiative to tackle pollution has been nearly lost sight of. The Supreme Court zooms in on this lack of focus in its latest directive
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Plastic purge
Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags
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Blowing out a tradition
The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy
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Sudden death
A mystery disease kills 35 people in Siliguri
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Suffocating Kolkata
Air pollution has put the city of joy on top of the lung cancer map in the country